Despite five wins in his past six fights and a total of five Fight of the Night awards during his eight-fight UFC career, Tyson Griffin (13-2 MMA, 6-2 UFC) has been demoted to the un-aired preliminary card of UFC 103.

The Xtreme Couture fighter, who’s slated to fight former top UFC lightweight contender Hermes Franca (19-7 MMA, 6-4 UFC) at the Sept. 19 event, lost his main-card status with the recent additions of Rich Franklin vs. Vitor Belfort and Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic to the lineup.

UFC 103 takes place at the American Airlines Center in Dallas.

Last month the UFC officially announced four bouts, including Griffin vs. Franca, for the UFC 103 main card. However, even after announcing a since-scrapped Franklin vs. Dan Henderson main event, the bout was never added to the official fight card on UFC.com. (Neither was a heavyweight bout between Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic and Junior Dos Santos.)

However, late last week, UFC president Dana White confirmed in a media call that, due to unpopular demand, Franklin would instead fight new middleweight signee (and former UFC light-heavyweight champion) Belfort. When that fight and Filipovic vs. Dos Santos were added to the card, Griffin vs. Franca was bumped to the preliminary card.

Possibly at fault for the demotion is Griffin’s knack for taking fights to a decision. Among eight career UFC fights, Griffin has gone to decision in his past seven. Likewise, opponent Franca has gone to a decision in his past three fights.

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